This series is personal and very real. It is about pregnancy and choice, Nez’s choice. Nez’s words are below and it is important to recognised that she does not harbour regrets. Rather, she acknowledges and respects these memories as and when they stir.
I ask that viewers contemplate the gravity of her choice, the loss of youthful innocence that such a choice represents. And to do this without judgement.
“ Memories from the past pay a visit.
Or perhaps it is I who visit the forgotten. Had I made the right decisions, yes, I believe so, without a doubt. Who do you cry for if the choices made come with no regret?
Did it have to come to this though, I'd rather it didn't.
As the emotions build up, tears stream, as if a flood is released, it exhausts me, an overwhelming sensation within my body. Visual images play in my mind as if I were watching a film.
Faceless children I see.
Faceless, for their life was taken away.
Life, I have taken away.
The visuals replay her story and the faceless return as a reminder of Her silence, Her right, Her choice.
It is Her she weeps for, the forgotten young woman.” Nez 2020.
